Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Deal: Grab Pigments 2 and other Arturia software at 50% off!

Arturia continued its 20 Year Anniversary celebration with a sale, offering its software synths and effects at 50% off! Grab Pigments 2 now for €99 instead of €198!

iConnectivity mioXC: The world’s first MIDI USB-C interface?

iConnectivity mioXC is the world's first USB-C MIDI interface, and is compatible with portable devices like tablets and laptops. At USD 50, it's a very fair deal!

Can the UrsaDSP Boost loudness maximizer reveal hidden detail in a mix?

Applying the method of Upward Maximizing in place of peak limiting, UrsaDSP Boost brings up the quiet parts rather than squashing the loud ones. An appealing new approach to maximizing audio?

sonible wants to reinvent digital reverbs with smart: reverb

A refreshing new approach to reverb? Due August 10, smart: reverb is a source-adaptive reverb plug-in that works by generating harmonics off the audio it processes.

Will Apple’s upcoming ARM Macbook Pros trump current Intel-based Macs?

The first ARM-based Mac runs better than the current Macbook Pro 13 with Intel Core i5 according to new benchmarks - good news for musicians hoping for better performance on next-gen Macbooks.

Acustica Audio Green4 models George Massenburg EQs and compressor

Acustica Audio has updated its George Massenburg gear-modeling Green suite to version 4, totaling 3 parametric EQs and a versatile limiter/compressor.

midierror RATCHETEER: semi-automatic MIDI pattern generator for Ableton Live

RATCHETEER is able to generate MIDI patterns all by itself, providing new MIDI loops for your projects in control by MIDI keyboards and automation. Neat!

Arturia celebrates 20-year anniversary with Sound Explorers Collection

Commemorating 20 successful years in the music tech industry, Arturia has released the Sound Explorers Collection - 250GB of instruments, effects and sounds!

Hide audio content in your audio files with DECODER / ENCODER apps!

Play spy games with your fans and friends by encoding inaudible audio messages or other audio content into your audio files and having your people decypher them to play them back!

Glitchmachines unleashes a hybrid synth/sampler beast with Polygon 2.0

Polygon 2.0 is a complete overhaul of one of the most powerful hybrid samplers out there, with expanded modulation, granular sampling, dual oscillator, and more!

PreSonus celebrates 25 years with facelift for Audiobox USB 96 interface

Celebrating 25 year in the music tech arms race, PreSonus circled back to the home studio classic that is its AudioBox USB 96 dual-channel interface, with a swish black front panel.

VHS Dreamwaves: nostalgic and vibey 80’s throwback rompler

"Ghostly VHS tones, softly degraded keys, hypnagogic sound beds and wobbly synth leads" packaged into a convenient rompler with LFO, filters and envelopes! What's not to like?

PreSonus Atom SQ: DAW-centric MIDI controller for Studio One and Ableton Live

PreSonus introduced the Atom SQ, a USB-MIDI controller for DAWs like Studio One and Ableton Live. With 32 pads, 8 encoders, touch strip and color screen, it offers more hands-on control for everyone!

IK Multimedia Space Delay plug-in: reincarnating the Roland RE-201 Space Echo

IK Multimedia's latest plug-in, the Space Delay, attempts to faithfully recreate the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, that legendary tape-based delay unit from the mid-70's.

Native Instruments helps out with new Community Drive sound pack

The new Community Drive sound pack from Native Instruments has contributions from 14 top artists and producers, and aims to raise funds for musicians affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Lunar Lander is a modular synth-style virtual effects pedal (and you can win an NFR)

Lunar Lander is a 3-in-1 effects plug-in that combines analog delay, Lexicon-style reverbs and tube saturation from a modular softsynth's FX section. You can even win an NFR!

Reloop sPodcaster Go: EUR 60 USB mic for budget-friendly recordings

The choice at the lower-priced end of the USB mic market has a new contender: Reloop's sPodcaster Go. But can a respectable USB condenser mic really be had for EUR 60?

Amped Studio: browser-based DAW now hosts third-party VST plug-ins!

Amped Studio's latest technological breakthrough is hosting third-party plug-ins inside the browser-based DAW! Is this the future of online music collaboration?

Leak: 27-inch Apple iMac refresh with 10-core Intel CPU due for 2020?

While the buzz around upcoming ARM-powered Macs is overwhelming the tech sphere, Apple is quietly working on a monster Intel iMac refresh with 10 cores, according to a leak on Twitter.

Neumann announces V402 dual-channel mic preamp – chasing perfection

The mystery unit glimpsed in the teaser video looked along the lines of a preamp or a monitor controller. Well, it turned out to be a dual-channel preamp!

MIA 413 Tape Saturator: A new analog saturation and distortion toolkit

With 413 Tape Saturator, audio developer Mia Laboratories presents an appealing new plug-in for warming up and compressing your mix buses and audio/instrument tracks.

BandLab Albums: A utopia for musicians’ digital publishing needs?

By giving artists 100% of the revenue and staying transparent, BandLab Albums wants to be what Bandcamp and other rivals are, for better or worse, not...

Apple WWDC 2020: the future of Mac is bright for music producers

ARM-based Macs running iPad music apps, iPads running Logic Pro: the future looks bright for music making on Apple's platforms. Catch up on the latest from Apple's WWDC 2020.

OSL Side Effects: manipulate Mid and Side stereo audio independently

Side Effects is a mid/side-oriented processing chain that features an equalizer, compressor, saturation, panning, and gain facilities. It's on sale (25% off) until July 18!